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The Fateful Decision to Invade Jin In 382 CE, Fu Jian, Heavenly King of Former Qin, stunned his court by declaring his intent to launch a full-scale invasion of the Eastern Jin dynasty. “For over twenty years I’ve pacified the four directions – only the southeast remains. I cannot eat or sleep thinking of…
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From Chaos to Order: The Tyranny of Fu Sheng The Di people, originally from Lüeyang Linwei (modern Qinan, Gansu), had long lived alongside Han Chinese and absorbed much of their culture. During the collapse of Western Jin, their chieftain Fu Hong gathered over 100,000 followers and marched into central China. His son, Fu Jian…